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Telefonica sells bankrupt Peru unit for £1m
Telefonica has announced it will sell all its shares in Telefonica del Peru to Argentina’s Integra Tec International for around PEN 3.7 million ($999,000).
Industry giants call for joint action on subsea cable security
News Industry leaders have called for governments to better protect subsea cables amid rising security threats A group of leading European telecoms and infrastructure providers has called on the EU, UK, and NATO to step up joint efforts to protect subsea cable...
Trump announces tariffs on ‘Liberation Day’ at White House
News President Donald Trump has announced a broad set of sweeping tariffs Wednesday, which has been dubbed as “Liberation Day” by the White House By: Brad Randall, Broadband Communities Shortly after markets closed on Wednesday, President Donald Trump took to the...
New Telefonica chairman begins to remould exec board with new COO
Fuelled by a newly refreshed Board of Directors, Telefonica’s incoming chairman Marc Murtra is wasting no time in reshaping the company from the top down.
Telefónica sells Argentinian unit to Telecom Argentina for $1.25 bn
Telefónica has announced the sale of its Argentina to Telecom Argentina for $1.25 billion. In a short statement released yesterday, the company said that it has “reached an agreement with Telecom Argentina to sell all of its shares in the share capital of Telefónica Argentina.
Hyperscalers: Seizing the reins of the submarine cable industry
Content giants like Meta and Google are increasingly building their own submarine cable infrastructure, forgoing traditional partnerships with telcos
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ITALTEL APPOINTS CARLO FILANGIERI AS NEW CEO
The Board of Directors of Italtel, a multinational Information & Communication Technology company specializing in solutions and services for digital transformation, appointed Carlo Filangieri as new CEO of Italtel, taking over from Benedetto Di Salvo who led the company for three years. The decision marks an important step in consolidating the company’s leadership position in the ICT market.
Telefónica’s sale of Peruvian fibre network to KKR collapses
News The formation of the joint venture had been under discussion for over a year Telefónica’s proposed sale of its Peruvian fibre optic network to private equity firm KKR and Chilean telecom operator Entel has collapsed, representing a major setback in the Spanish...
Angola Cables’ new European entity forms alliance with Start Campus and plugs into Europe’s largest intercontinental connectivity hub
TelCables Europe to establish new PoP at SINES carrier-neutral DC facility in Portugal to deliver express, low-latency connections to Africa, the Americas and Asia through its robust global backbone network.
QoE specialist Aprecomm eyes the UK altnet market at Connected Britain
With Connected Britain just around the corner, Total Telecom caught up with Aprecomm Founder & CEO Pramod Gummaraj to discuss why now is the perfect time to expand into the UK and beyond
Carlos Slim buys another £175m slice of BT
This week, a regulatory filing has revealed that Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has upped his stake in BT by 1.1% to 4.3%.
Room to breathe: TalkTalk secures £400m refinancing deal
TalkTalk has announced that it has signed a binding agreement on a refinancing deal that was first revealed last month. TalkTalk has been struggling with debt for several years, with the total currently standing at nearly £1 billion.
VMO2 seeking investment for £5 billion network arm
Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) is seeking investment for its newly created network company, according to a Bloomberg report this week which cited people familiar with the matter.
IHS considers exiting Rwanda and Zambia
According to anonymous sources speaking to Bloomberg, IHS Holdings Ltd. is mulling the potential sale of its businesses in Rwanda and Zambia.
Shanghai boosts chip fund by $1bn in drive for self-sufficiency
News The Chinese government continues to funnel money into its domestic chip capabilities in order to reduce reliance on US technology The Shanghai Semiconductor Industry Investment Fund (SSIIF), managed by the local government to support the city's chip industry,...
Messaging and billing are key to the bottom line
Insight Customer messaging and billing are key items to get right in the communications ecosystem, but failings still prevail. Business technology journalist, Antony Savvas looks at how both enterprises and telecoms resellers are not coming up to the mark. Research...
News in Brief: Cable updates from Submarine Networks EMEA
Day 2 of the event saw presenters provide updates on 10 exciting subsea cable projects across the EMEA region and beyond. Here are some of the highlights…
Telecom Italia looks ahead to new M&A
Telecom Italia (TIM) is open to new business deals once the sale of its fixed-line network NetCo is completed, CEO Pietro Labriola told reporters on a podcast interview for Bloomberg.
Nokia and Alcon partner to deploy private network for lithium mining
Nokia has announced today that it has been chosen to provide a private LTE campus network to Canada-based lithium mining specialist Sigma Lithium, in with broadband provider Alcon.
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